836 Sword to Damascus 7
In the camp, at night, the artillery sounded every half an hour, and it was indeed a little bit farther away from the tent. It was not so harsh and the noise was not particularly loud. At least I could still sleep, and it really didn’t make any noise. The big news is coming. The artillery was placed next to an erect fire platform, blocked by a shield. Every hour, someone would carry the shield and carry the shells here to ignite the cannon. Be very careful, for fear that someone would fall at night. A surprise attack.
Due to the setting of the fire platform and the observation of the tower cart, the warning has been relatively easy. The big cannibal did come out tonight, but they really did not dare to get too close. After all, the tent in the inner camp was far away from the carriage. They can already see the tree where they are. If they want to launch an effective attack, they have to walk closer, but in this way, they will be exposed. But a new situation made them change their strategy of action, that is, the gun that was placed outside and had been firing at the city, and they wanted to take it back.
This gun was placed a hundred meters away from the camp. It was easy to snatch it away. After all, it was outside the camp. It was enough to pay for some casualties. This time, those who came out to attack were still the eagle archers holding three crossbows. They were the elites selected by the empire and could not easily take risks. The sword and shield soldiers who followed them are naturally to do this. If you want to succeed, you have to suddenly rise up, rush over, and then run back with the cannon. If someone is chasing them, the archer will be able to take these. People killed.
After midnight, when a gunner walked out of the camp with a shield, a long arrow shot over, and a clang hit the shield, which really shocked the man. He quickly set up his shield and hid behind it. After all, we all know what the power of the feather arrows shot by the big cannibal archer is like. The armor is not very useful in front of this kind of feather arrows, and he is still outside the camp, the distance is closer, if it weren’t for him. It was the giant shield that was resisting. It is estimated that he had already fallen just now.
At the same time he hit the arrow, the horn on the tower cart rang, because the sergeant of the tower cart found that many people rushed out of the woods in the distance and rushed to the camp. At the same time, the crossbowman also found someone hiding under the carriage, and quickly prepared for the crossbow arrow.
For the big knife and shield soldiers who launched the charge, their running distance is about 100 meters, and the time consumed will not be very long, so a bunch of people rushed out, and it was indeed too far away. Short, they really did it. They just shot and killed more than ten of them. They dragged the cannon away. At this moment, the field copper cannon finally exploded, in a range of more than 100 meters. Within it, the killing power was extremely powerful. After several cannons rang out, the deaths and injuries of those big swordsmen and shield soldiers increased greatly.
But because when placing the rifled gun, I was afraid that someone would attack while the artillery was launched, so two huge shields were placed beside it. But now, the big cannibal relies on these two huge shields to hold the artillery attack and pull the gun. When they ran away, neither Tang Shang nor Dong Kui dared to ask anyone to chase them. After all, it was indeed too dangerous outside.
In Li You's camp, Zhang Da saw Li You come out of the back tent, and said in one week: "Subordinates, see the lord of the country."
"I heard the guard say that the gun was robbed?"
Dong Kui nodded, and then reluctantly said: "The Lord, the big cannibal suddenly violent, and the gun itself was placed far away, so he didn't chase it back, but only killed more than fifty people."
Li You said, "It's okay. For them, what they snatched away was just a steel pipe. Don't let go of the gun. Anyway, we will start siege tomorrow. We still have to find a way to stimulate them. Opportunity." New Bayi Chinese Net's first genius remembers Chinese in one second 8/1/z/o/m/
Li You did this because he wanted to fight another big food army. After all, there were too many defenders in the city. If you really want to enter the city and fight each other, you will suffer a big loss here, and maybe you will lose the game. Therefore, it is necessary to force the food army to fight outside the city as much as possible.
Before dawn, the artillery was sent to the palace. Hisham didn’t sleep all night and couldn’t sleep. The artillery shells kept blasting, so annoying. He heard that he had snatched a cannon. Aroused great interest, he also brought in Prime Minister Ivuo and the chief craftsman of the Empire, Margo Ivri, overnight.
But when everyone saw the artillery, they were disappointed. There was an iron pipe on the small artillery cart. This was what everyone saw, but Margo Ifri looked out the doorway. He could see that the artillery. The steel used in the pipe is much better than ordinary steel, and the rifled pattern can be carved into the inside of such a hard steel pipe, which shows that the other party still has harder steel for processing, which is unbelievable for him.
"Your Majesty, the weapons used by this pirate army are incomparable to us. Although I can't see how this gun is used, it can be seen from the materials of this gun that it is better than what we use to build swords. Uzsteel is much better, and they can even carve such deep lines on the door, which shows that any weapon they use is not comparable to us."
The chief craftsman Margo Ifri said his views, but for this, both Prime Minister Ivuo and Hisham, who is a caliph, know that what they want is nothing more than the secret of the artillery, not the secret of the artillery. Evaluation of weapons. In fact, Margo Ifri’s subtext is to say that even if they know everything, they cannot imitate it. They are not capable of making such high-quality steel. If they really rely on existing materials, the effect will be greatly reduced. He didn't say it clearly, and he didn't want to stimulate Hisham too much. After all, he already knew how heavy the imperial army suffered in the first battle.
Margo Ifri didn't want to stimulate Hisham, but that didn't mean that Li You didn't want to. When the day broke, he asked someone to pull the banner and push the tower cart to attack the city. Damascus is a fortified city. The perimeter of the city wall is more than ten miles. It is tall and thick. Many people can be placed on the city wall. It is not easy to defeat it. You can only take it slowly.
As for the banner, it has also been revised today. It is written that the benevolent pirate is the incarnation of Allah, and giving up resistance is the respect for Allah. The beautiful princess belongs to the benevolent pirate. Regarding such a strongly insulting slogan, it seems that cannibalism is swearing, but it is nothing more than that. Commander Ishag is particularly calm about this.
For him, as long as he defends Damascus, there is hope. Once the enemy’s food or weapons are consumed to a certain level, he will definitely retreat. At that time, they will be able to attack and kill all these shameless enemies. .
On the city wall, Hisham looked at everything that happened under the city, and he was also patient. His anger was really strong, but he knew that he had to hold back it. The life and death of the empire depended on him. There must be no more mistakes in his own body, he still regrets having rushed into the battle a few days ago. (End of this chapter)